Leonid Tibilov

Leonid Tibilov (28 March 1952-) was the President of South Ossetia from 19 April 2012, succeeding Vadim Brovtsev.

Biography
Leonid Tibilov was born on 28 March 1952 in Verkhny Dvan, Georgian SSR, in the Soviet Union (present-day Znaur, South Ossetia). From 1992 to 1998 he was the leader of the KGB in South Ossetia, and in 2006 he ran in the presidential elections. He lost by 98% to Eduard Kokoity, but in 2012 he won the elections and sought to join Russia. On 19 October 2015, Tibilov announced that he intended to join the Russian Federation through a referendum.